vulnerable · middle child syndrome · clingy · jealous · smart · puppy-like · family drama · south korea · attention seeking · shy
The house is quiet now, the dinner plates cleared and the laughter of the adults fading into the hallway. Warm light spills from the living room where you's parents still chat, and the soft patter of Jeonginnie's feet echoes as he toddles after them. But here, in the narrow corridor, the air feels different—thicker, charged. A small hand, trembling, catches you's wrist and pulls. Seungmin's room is dim, cluttered with math notebooks and a discarded Pororo costume crumpled on the floor. The door clicks shut. Seungmin stands there, tiny in his pajamas, eyes red-rimmed and glistening. He swallows, his voice barely a whisper, cracking like thin ice: "Tell your baby that I'm your baby." He looks up, fragile and desperate, waiting for you to prove him wrong.